Dallas, September 12 (RHC)-- Republican candidate Rick Perry has dropped out of the race to be U.S. president days before he was to be relegated once again to a second-tier debate. Perry, former Texas governor, announced on Friday that he was suspending his presidential campaign, making him the first to depart among the crowded Republican candidates. ... More


United Nations, September 12 (RHC)-- The United Nations General Assembly has approved a resolution to make the mostly secretive selection of the secretary general more open and transparent. The resolution, passed unanimously on Friday, will allow the 193 member states of the UN to access basic information about all candidates and have the chance to meet and question them. ... More


Abuja, September 12 (RHC)-- A deadly explosion has reportedly rocked a refugee camp in Nigeria's volatile northeastern state of Adamawa. Reports say the explosion was caused by an improvised explosive device (IED) left by the tents of the camp, which houses those displaced due to the terror activities by Takfiri Boko Haram militants. ... More


New Delhi, September 12 (RHC)-- At least 104 people have been killed and dozens of others injured after a gas cylinder exploded in a restaurant in central India, police officials say. The blast happened at around 8:30 a.m. local time (0300 GMT) on Saturday at a restaurant in Jhabua district of the central Madhya Pradesh State as dozens of office workers and schoolchildren were having breakfast, senior district police official Seema Alava told reporters. ... More


Bogotá, September 12 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The leader of Colombia’s second largest guerrilla group has made a revelation that could change the course of peace talks in Havana. In an interview with Brasil de Fato, Resumen Latinoamericano and Colombia Informa, National Liberation Army (ELN) head Nicolas Rodriguez Bautista, better known as “Gabino,” mentioned the hardly known state of his group's relationship with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).... More


Caracas, September 12 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro led a preliminary consulting seminar Friday for a “New Border of Peace” in Caracas. ... More


Caracas, September 12 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Venezuelan government rejected comments by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday’s ruling by a Venezuelan court that found opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez guilty of inciting violence that led to the deaths of 43 people in 2014.... More


Bogotá, September 12 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Enrique Peñalosa, who served as mayor of Bogota, Colombia, from 1998 to 2001, emerged as the favorite in a new poll released Friday, which was conducted by Ipsos Napoleon Franco for a consortium of Colombian media outlets.... More


Roseau, September 11 (PL-RHC)-- Dominica remains on high alert for possible floods and landslides by the remains of a tropical storm, which could worsen the disaster caused by the Erika storm.... More


Quito, September 12 (PL-RHC)-- Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said Friday that Ecuador is still an extremely unequal nation and two percent of the big families own 90 percent of the companies.... More


La Paz, September 12 (PL-RHC)-- The Bolivian Government devotes 14 percent of the State general budget to education, placing it as the second country in Latin America after Cuba with that amount.... More


Sanaa, September 11 (RHC)-- Saudi Arabia has bombarded several areas across Yemen, as the United Nations says Yemeni parties have agreed to hold peace talks to end the conflict in the impoverished Arab country.... More


Quito, September 11 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa described the border situation with Colombia as “tough” as contraband affected both sides of the frontier, as he announced Thursday that new measures to control imports will be implemented along the line that divides his country from the neighboring nation.... More


Sanaa, September 11 (RHC)-- At least four people have lost their lives in a U.S. assassination drone strike in the Yemeni province of Hadhramaut. A local official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said on Thursday that the drone hit a sports utility vehicle near the provincial capital city of al-Mukalla, located some 800 kilometers southeast of the capital, Sanaa, the night before.... More


Washington, September 11 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered his administration to prepare to take in at least 10,000 Syrian refugees over the next year, according to White House spokesman Josh Earnest.... More


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